Oral Presentation
Topics and Schedule
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January 11 |
Native American Trickster Tales |
Emily J. |
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Oral Literatures |
Marissa |
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January 14 |
Calvinism |
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Puritanism |
Brandon |
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Pilgrims |
Amy N. |
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January 16 |
Plain Style |
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January 23 |
Captivity Narratives |
David M. |
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January 28 |
Poor Richard's Almanac |
Tai |
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The Enlightenment |
Lynn |
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Continental Congress |
Jason |
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January 30 |
Articles of Confederation |
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The Federalist Papers |
David P. |
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Constitutional Convention |
Stacy |
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February 1 |
Slavery in the U.S./Slave Trade |
Loreena & |
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February 11 |
Beginnings of the Novel/Early Novelists in the U.S. |
Kelly & |
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Sensibility; Sentimental Novel |
Amy C. |
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Didacticism; Didactic Novels |
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February 13 |
Beginnings of the Short Story |
Justin |
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Continental Evaluations of/Responses to American Literature (1700s/early 1800s) |
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U.S. and British Copyright Laws (1700s/early 1800s) |
Andrea |
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February 15 |
Symbolism |
Cody |
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Allegory |
Ryan |
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Gothic Style |
Riley |
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February 18 |
Romanticism and American Responses to Romanticism |
Misty |
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American Renaissance |
Julie |
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Boston Brahmins/Genteel Tradition/Middlebrow Literature |
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February 20 |
American Transcendentalism |
Kate |
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Philosophical Viewpoint Expressed in Emerson's Nature |
Paul |
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Philosophy of Thoreau's Walden |
Taro |
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February 22 |
Indian Removal Act of 1830/The Trail of Tears |
Jesse |
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Abolition Movement in the US |
Cindy |
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Frederick Douglass and Narrative of the Life . . . |
Emily B. |
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March 1 |
Historical Novel; Novel of Manners |
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Leatherstocking Tales |
Emily T. |
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March 4 |
Hudson River School |
Gabe |
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Use of Description in The Pioneers |
Sheena |
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The Noble Savage |
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March 6 or 8 |
Missouri Compromise of 1820 & Fugitive Slave Law (part of Compromise Act of 1850) |
Nick |
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Effect of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Lori |
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March 8 |
Moby Dick |
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Last Updated 02/16/02